South Africa, 1994
Cape Town February 9-15, 1994 I anticipated our landing in Cape Town for some time. This in part was a function of its isolation and...
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Jul 14, 202312 min read
Africa Bound
My family joined me in 1994 on the Semester at Sea program: three months at see with a ship full of college students. This was our first...
Jul 14, 20233 min read
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Movies: this summer, drawing a blank…… Streaming: The Bear on Hulu is hard to watch but has fantastic acting. I could not binge it but...
Jul 14, 20231 min read
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The bottom image with the confederate flags celebrates the fact that kids these days want celebration trophies even when they lose........
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Recommendations June 2023
Articles: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/opinion/inflation-groceries-pricing-walmart.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=arti...
Jun 19, 202310 min read
The Not Portugal Vacation
Kernie and I were to go to Portugal, Spain, and France these last few weeks— a new trip that replaced a cancelled trip last year. On...
Jun 19, 20237 min read
The Mexican Revolution
Mexico’s Once and Future Revolution by Gilbert Joseph and Jürgen Buchenau. A terse commentary on my Facebook landed on May 5, 2023:...
May 19, 20235 min read
Covid Update
My behavior with Covid as a concern has arrived to a pre-Covid level. I am ambivalent about this reality. I have learned of a woman in...
May 19, 20234 min read
The Intern's Game
1979 found me in my first year’s work as an MD. I was an intern at the county hospital in Salinas, California. The foundational...
May 19, 20231 min read
Recommendations May 2023
May: News Links: Robert Reich: The Real Reason Social Security Is Going Broke – OpEd https://www.eurasiareview.com/26042023-robert-reich...
Apr 19, 20237 min read
The Good Life
The Good Life. Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz In the 1930’s, Harvard University sponsored a study of people who had graced their...
Apr 19, 20238 min read
Grandparents
Kernie looked at me with concern. We stood waving to a Cadillac heading away from the airport where we had been dropped off. Through the...
Apr 19, 20232 min read
Recommendations April 2023
April 23. You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Jon Kabat-Zinn Editorials: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/health/medi...
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Kokomo
My first experience cruising (on a ship, anyway) was a delightful one; I was nine years old (1961) and traveled on the SS Argentina from...
Mar 20, 20238 min read
A People's History.....
A People’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence Ray Raphael A mind experiment I...
Mar 20, 20231 min read
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Music: I was able to see Loudon Wainright III live this Winter. Two songs are recommended: “White Wino’s” and “When I’m at Your House.”...
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Incidents of Travel to the Yucatan
My last bite to eat from a food tour in Merida, Mexico was a taco made with a flour tortilla; its primary protein sources were cheese and...
Feb 20, 20236 min read
The Question of God
The question of God by Armand Nicholi, Jr. CS Lewis and Sigmund Freud debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life…. A Harvard...
Feb 20, 20231 min read
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Editorials: IRS realities: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/opinions/republicans-should-drop-irs-obsession-brown/ Since trying to read...
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